Ian Forrester is a well known and likeable character on the digital
scene in the UK. He has now made Manchester, UK his home, where he works
for the BBC's R&D north lab. He focuses on open innovation and new
disruptive opportunities via open engagement and collaborations with
startups, early adopters and hackers.

His current research is
into the area of Future Narrative and Storytelling, with a technology he
calls Perceptive Media. A new kind method of broadcasting, which pairs
the best of broadcast with the best of the internet to create an
experience like sitting around a camp fire telling stories.
Interestingly this also crosses over into internet of things too.

A
non-traditional background into interaction design which he has crossed
over with development using XML & Semantic web technologies. He
tends to live a few years in the future, and has a excellent eye for
spotting the crossover opportunities of open technologies and business
models. By watching what hackers and early adopters are doing to scratch
their own itches now. Something he did successfully as the leader for
BBC Backstage for 4 years.

Previously a founder of the
dataportability.org group, social geek events, including London
Geekdinners, BarCampLondon, Hackday, Mashed, Edinburgh TV Un-Festival
and Over the Air. Ian has a proven track record for making the
unthinkable happen.

Bragging rights

Divorced bristolian Geek who never lets social norms and legacy hold him back

Work

Occupation

Senior "Firestarter" Producer

Employment

BBC

Senior R&D Producer, 2004 - present

Ravensbourne College

Lecturer and Webdesigner, 2001 - 2004

Edwards Churcher

2000 - 2001

Basic Information

Gender

Male

Looking for

Friends, Dating, A relationship, Networking

Relationship

Single

Other names

cubicgarden

Ian Forrester's +1's are the things they like, agree with, or want to recommend.

I visited Apreo many years ago and loved feel for the place then, but visiting today I was very impressed to see the modern touches have made this resturant bar even better than I remember.
Great food, not overpriced for Kensington and some excellent recommended cocktails. Staff are friendly but firm, this is not like the hotel bars you may have visited before.

Teacup use to be the king of tea rooms in the northern quarter. It changed a while ago to include a more formal style of sitting. It sits somewhere between a proper tearoom and the new style of coffee shops. Its a nice clean place and I prefer it to some of the other overly formal tea rooms.
The staff are friendly, food is good and tea selection is good. Nice balance between formal and informal. I could easily take friends and family from out of town here and know they will enjoy it as much as myself.

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Teacup use to be the king of tea rooms in the northern quarter. It changed a while ago to include a more formal style of sitting. It sits somewhere between a proper tearoom and the new style of coffee shops. Its a nice clean place and I prefer it to some of the other overly formal tea rooms.
The staff are friendly, food is good and tea selection is good. Nice balance between formal and informal. I could easily take friends and family from out of town here and know they will enjoy it as much as myself.

Small spanish tapas style place, which triples in space on a warm evening. Service was slower than I had liked but the food was very reasonable for Kensington. Certainly the kind of place you bring friends for a good healthy meal and a good natter over wine.

Nice place in the sun. Only stopped for a late lunch bit over priced for what we had. Fish and chips nice but at over 10 pounds I was expecting wow. Deli platter was lacking a lot although nice too. Service was good but over priced

Takk is a tea/coffee shop very much like others in the northern quarter but its the new upstart on the scene. Lots of space and different types of configurations for those just wanting to sit and read or plug in and get down with some code edited.
With time its going to be a great coffee shop but right now it closes a little early and the lunch selection could be larger. However, the coffee is strong and unique tasting. The amount of space is incredible and the place always feels airy.
Staff are friendly and look out for this place to grow and grow in the future.

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Takk is a tea/coffee shop very much like others in the northern quarter but its the new upstart on the scene. Lots of space and different types of configurations for those just wanting to sit and read or plug in and get down with some code edited.
With time its going to be a great coffee shop but right now it closes a little early and the lunch selection could be larger. However, the coffee is strong and unique tasting. The amount of space is incredible and the place always feels airy.
Staff are friendly and look out for this place to grow and grow in the future.